Ryerson University spins out traffic management app provider Flybits.

Flybits, a traffic management app developer, has been spun out from Ryerson Universiy.

Focusing on the Canadian city of Ottawa, the startup’s app connects users to Ottawa’s infrastructure information to provide up-to-date traffic and route information. Through using the app, drivers will receive real-time information to avoid construction areas, road closures, and accidents.

Hossein Rahnama, founder and chief executive of Flybits, said: “How do you just create one ecosystem that can speak the same language? Where the airport can talk to the road authorities, who talk to transit, and all of them provide a unique and unified experience for the user – I think that’s where context awareness comes into play.”